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How to make a fun Pop Out Swing card

Happy Sunday! Today I’m going to show you how to make a fun Pop Out Swing card and this was one of the cards we made in my September classes. I learned how to make this type of fun fold last year (I think) from the talented Michaela Titheridge, a fellow Stampin’ Up! demonstrator in […]

How to make clean and simple Christmas cards

Happy Sunday! Today I’m playing along with the Global Design Project challenge and will be showing you how to make some clean and simple Christmas cards. This week’s challenge is a CASE the Designer and we are casing this lovely card from Wilma De Korte from the Netherlands. You can find lots of inspiration from […]

Another quick and simple Christmas card idea

Happy Sunday! Today I’m sharing another quick and simple Christmas card idea using some of our pretty patterned paper. The first card is the one that I made for a recent team swap. I used products from the Storybook Gnomes suite from the Jul – Dec 2022 Stampin’ Up! mini catalogue along with the Artistically […]

A Quick and Easy Christmas Card idea

Happy Sunday! Today I’m sharing a quick and easy Christmas card idea that is another project from my August card class. My apologies for mentioning the “C” word but, in my opinion, it’s never too early to start on making Christmas cards right? It was a simple decision to use the Trees for Sale stamp […]

Two cards made with decorative masks background

How to use decorative masks in your cardmaking

Happy Sunday! Today I want to show you how easy it is to use decorative masks in your cardmaking. Masks are a great way of creating a pretty background on a project instead of patterned paper. I love using decorative masks and for my projects today I used the Artistic Mix Decorative Masks that are […]

How to make quick and simple birthday cards

Happy Sunday! Today I want to show you how to make some quick and simple birthday cards using the Cup of Tea Bundle from the annual catalogue. These cards were one of the projects we made at my August monthly card classes this week and my ladies all loved them. We used one of the […]

How to make a Pull Tab Flap card

Happy Sunday! Today I want to show you how quick and easy it is to make a pull tab flap card. Now I may have mentioned once of twice before just how much I enjoy making fun fold cards and this style of card is quite easy once you know how. So for my cards […]

Close up of two christmas cards

Christmas in July Theme Challenge

Happy Sunday! This week we have had a scorcher in the UK with record temperatures so it seems a bit weird to be writing about Christmas cards. But today I’m sharing a Christmas card that I made for a Christmas in July theme challenge at The Stamping Cove Facebook Group last month! The Christmas card […]

Beautiful Shapes and Hues of Happiness for a Theme Challenge

Happy Sunday! Today’s card is for the Global Design Project’s Theme Challenge #GDP351 and I’ve used Beautiful Shapes and Hues of Happiness from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue. Our Inspiration As soon as I saw the inspiration for this challenge the hexagons from the Beautiful Shapes dies and Hive 3D embossing folder sprang into my […]

Thanks card with a die cut sunflower

How to use a die cut shape as a stencil

Happy Sunday! Today I want to show you how you can use a die cut shape as a stencil to create a pretty background. In my last post I showed you another way to use die cuts and mentioned a video I’d watched by Kylie Bertucci, a super talented Stampin’ Up! demonstrator in Australia, and […]